Back Country Cuisine

About

Back Country Cuisine is a large range of meals from real whole foods, using freeze drying to reduce the weight of the food, while locking in the tasty flavour and nutrition without the need for preservatives. Fast nourishing food for adventure.

Story

How to carry everything in a pack needed for a full-on extended back country trip, without compromising nutrition? This is the question posed by the military and outdoor enthusiasts back in 1950s New Zealand (NZ) that ultimately led to the creation of Back Country Cuisine.

Back then in NZ, light weight outdoors gear didn’t exist; everything was heavy. So, from the 1960s onwards the focus went on reducing the weight of outdoors gear, which is where the Back Country Cuisine story starts with The Alliance Freezing Company (Southland) Limited freeze drying Beef.

By the 1990s The Alliance Freezing Company had changed its ownership structure to be a cooperative, changed its name to the Alliance Group and re focused on core business. So Back Country Foods Ltd was established in August 1998 to take over the freeze-dried meal business founded by the Alliance Freezing Company.

Since 1998, we’ve taken freeze dried food to the next level by focusing on, and growing with, adventure sports. Developing the large range of meals and accompaniments we have today, that meet the low weight, high nutritional needs of even the most demanding adventure racers.

Back Country Cuisine - Fast nourishing food for adventure.

Mission

To produce fast nourishing food, so you can get the maximum enjoyment out of your adventure, wherever it is and no matter the pace.

Impressum

Back Country Foods Limited

Cnr Rockdale Road and Otepuni Ave, Invercargill 9840, Southland, New Zealand

Owner – Invest South GP Limited

General Manager – John McGrath

www.backcountrycuisine.co.nz

Products

Back Country Cuisine is great for all your outdoor adventures including hiking, hunting and fishing, mountain biking, yachting, four-wheel driving and adventure racing and expeditions. Why Back Country Cuisine? So you can get the maximum enjoyment out of your adventure, wherever it is and no matter the pace. Travelling through beautiful back country is great fun and it can be made even better if you have good food while you’re doing it. And we’re not talking about ‘food on the run’ or hastily-packed sandwiches. You can have delicious, nutritious food that’s prepared in just minutes! Back Country Cuisine’s freeze-dried meals are easy to prepare and great tasting because of our freeze drying process. This combines quick-to-hydrate, freeze-dried vegetables and meats, with sauce mixes that have been processed to retain their natural flavours. The meal starts as a completely dry product that does not shrink during the drying process, but when prepared it becomes a juicy, tender meal in 10 minutes with the addition of boiling water. To find your closest retailer visit www.backcountrycuisine.co.nz today!